When members of a fraud ring launched a series of online attacks
against Jayne A. Hitchcock in 1996, as retribution for exposing
their scam on a Usenet message board, they inadvertently touched
off a campaign against cyberstalking and cyberbullying that would
make their line of work much, much harder. Hitchcock fought back,
gathering information about technology and tactics, working with
law... Continue »

IT security stories are becoming more and more prevalent in the
news. We are seeing hacking, data theft and the importance of data
protection crowding the news agenda daily. Email marketing remains
one of the most valuable internet services however it is extremely
vulnerable and therefore prone to malicious attacks. These
attacks that seek to obtain sensitive data can cause major damage
to... Continue »

Over recent year’s it’s become somewhat of a tradition that at the
beginning of the New Year we look back at some of the most notable
developments in the year just past. Together with Dale Langley our
Senior Email Consultant, I will aim to predict the email game
changers in 2015. We hope you can join us for our “2014 email
retrospective and 2015 predictions” webinar on 4 February at 1pm
GMT/2pm... Continue »

FBI director James Comey recently reaffirmed the agency’s initial
position, attributing the late December attacks on Sony Pictures
Entertainment to North Korea. Some are already speculating
that all out state-sponsored cyber warfare is just around the
corner. However, this isn’t the first time Sony’s systems have been
compromised, and government elements are rarely identified as
instigators of... Continue »

2014 was in most aspects an extension of 2013, but the knob has
been cranked up. Google continued innovating the inbox with the
release of a pinterest-like inbox called Gmail Grid View, and a
brand new email client called simply Inbox by Gmail, that not only
bring Gmail more into the mobile age, but also it also follows
their Material design principles. Gmail also began to offer a
feedback loop... Continue »